I need to format external hard disks to EXT3 MBR with the iNode size set to 128 bits. This is for a very specific use, i.e. the delivery of DCP to digital cinema servers.
I'd like to be able to do that in Ubuntu.
The challenge is that I am a total Ubuntu newbie (usually a Mac OSX user) so I'm looking for a simple solution, involving as little coding as possible (at the moment, I wouldn't even know where to enter a command line...)
So far, I have downloaded Ubuntu Desktop 14.04.1, burned it to DVD, and successfully booted my Mac Pro in Ubuntu... Wow! I can see my HFS+ internal and external drives, everything seems to be working, except for wifi (which doesn't concern me for the moment).
When I tried to use the included "Disk" application to format the drive, I could not find any mention of iNodes anywhere.
Is there a tool that would allow me to do this formatting easily?